Operation Texas | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam |
Viet Cong North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Oscar Peatross Lowell English Hoàng Xuân Lãm |
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Units involved | |||||||
3rd Battalion 7th Marines 2nd Battalion 4th Marines 3rd Battalion 5th Marines 2nd Infantry Division 2nd Battalion 5th Regiment 3rd Battalion 5th Regiment Airborne Division 5th Airborne Battalion |
1st Regiment 21st Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
99 killed | US body count: 283 killed |
Operation Texas was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place northwest of Quảng Ngãi, lasting from 20–25 March 1966.